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at fairfax hospital, they eliminated the psych ward. >> we had someone attached himself to the civil-rights for those confined in mental institutions. so our rights were being abridged and should be released. in many places there were no accommodations made. >> that part was fulfilled. it was talked about but never fulfilled. i am going to go back to the point that nobody likes, this nexus between mental health and guns is something i'm not ready to make unless we go all the way and suggthat some o these individuals we have incarcerated in jail who killed one or two people, that they are mentally ill as well. they do not count. it is only the kid -- >> we have irrational killers. al capone. they were courting in on his territory so he was shot. that is not mental illness. but if you think like a german loughner, where you live in a world of numerology and forces -- he was talking about t influee o grammar that the government was using over him. you are talking about people living in a different world and they are not responsible. i believe in the insanity defense and acquittal on the ground
at fairfax hospital, they eliminated the psych ward. >> we had someone attached himself to the civil-rights for those confined in mental institutions. so our rights were being abridged and should be released. in many places there were no accommodations made. >> that part was fulfilled. it was talked about but never fulfilled. i am going to go back to the point that nobody likes, this nexus between mental health and guns is something i'm not ready to make unless we go all the way and...
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he voted against the civil rights bill. back it up a little bit. 1960, the senate was considering of legislation to abolish coal tax. byrd voted against it. byrd tried to explain he was not opposed to the intent of the legislation, but it goes against the state rights. therefore, congress cannot step in and say -- byrd said to do it right. he said he could not vote on it if it was going to be done this way. two years later, congress comes back with a constitutional amendment and byrd voted for it. he voted for it once they did it right with a constitutional amendment. he filibustered, it is true. there was a 14 hour filibuster. read through the thing. everyone points out him being racist. read throughout the filibuster. there is not one racial thing. the whole thing is basically constitutional law. he makes clear to make it right before he can support it. he agrees that there should be no discrimination in the standards. the objective sought -- the objective here is a worthy one. he concurs with the objective. here he is ta
he voted against the civil rights bill. back it up a little bit. 1960, the senate was considering of legislation to abolish coal tax. byrd voted against it. byrd tried to explain he was not opposed to the intent of the legislation, but it goes against the state rights. therefore, congress cannot step in and say -- byrd said to do it right. he said he could not vote on it if it was going to be done this way. two years later, congress comes back with a constitutional amendment and byrd voted for...
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some senators refusing to consider john kerry as her successor until she testifies. a massive form killed at least 16 people so far continues moving across the northeast is expect to do head into canada today. many travelers are trying to get home after the holidays. the storm canceled at least a,000 flights yesterday delayed over 8,000. they saw over a foot of snow. in vermont 21 inches. in arkansas 200,000 homes and businesses lost power. that is your 5@5:00. >>> for the latest on the extreme weather we turn to maria molina. she is tracking another storm this morning. >> another storm system impacting portions of the northeast with more snow as we head into the weekend. thankfully the storm system is not dumping more than 20 dmcinc of snow. current temperatures across the midwest an the plains. it is very cold this morning in places like rapid city. 7 degrees below zero. 19 over minneapolis and 30 degrees in chicago. not too bad in chicago. but as far as high temperatures it is over the northern plains. looking at a high temperature very warm 71 degrees. the reason
some senators refusing to consider john kerry as her successor until she testifies. a massive form killed at least 16 people so far continues moving across the northeast is expect to do head into canada today. many travelers are trying to get home after the holidays. the storm canceled at least a,000 flights yesterday delayed over 8,000. they saw over a foot of snow. in vermont 21 inches. in arkansas 200,000 homes and businesses lost power. that is your 5@5:00. >>> for the latest on...
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but it took the modern-day civil rights movement to free and liberate a nation. [applause] now i know some of you are asked and, where did you get the name, "across that bridge," where did you get the title from? life lessons and a vision for change. just think if you sort years ago since this is an election year, hundreds and thousands of millions of people in american thought the old confederacy from virginia to texas could not register to vote. people stood in lines. take a state like the state of mississippi in 1963, 1964, 1965, but voting age population of more than 450,000, but only 16,000 registered to vote. one town in my native state of alabama in the heart of the black belt, but population more than 80%, but that is not a single registered but voter in the county. in the little town of selma, alabama, only 2.1% for blacks of voting age were registered to vote. people were beaten, people were jailed. people were asked to pass a test. on one occasion in msn to count a bar or so. on another occasion a man was fast to count the number of jelly beans in a ja
but it took the modern-day civil rights movement to free and liberate a nation. [applause] now i know some of you are asked and, where did you get the name, "across that bridge," where did you get the title from? life lessons and a vision for change. just think if you sort years ago since this is an election year, hundreds and thousands of millions of people in american thought the old confederacy from virginia to texas could not register to vote. people stood in lines. take a state...
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and in major cities like cairo, majorities voted "no." this morning, those divisions were still apparent in cairo. >> ( translated ): it will certainly lead to stability. we can now begin to move forward. investment can begin to come into egypt. what more do people want? >> ( translated ): we are very sad and we never wanted the situation to be this way. we never wanted just one political group to rule. we wanted there to be unity. >> warner: for now, legislative power rests with the country's upper house of parliament, which is dominated by islamists. it was seated today. >> ( translated ): with regards >> warner: parliamentary elections for the lower house take place in two months. the country's lawmakers have no time to waste. the months of political unrest and uncertainty have disrupted the economy. egypt's credit rating was downgraded this week and its currency is trading at the lowest level in eight years. in response, morsi's government has put off planned tax increases on various goods, and imposed restrictions on the amount of mo
and in major cities like cairo, majorities voted "no." this morning, those divisions were still apparent in cairo. >> ( translated ): it will certainly lead to stability. we can now begin to move forward. investment can begin to come into egypt. what more do people want? >> ( translated ): we are very sad and we never wanted the situation to be this way. we never wanted just one political group to rule. we wanted there to be unity. >> warner: for now, legislative...
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it was the height of the civil rights movement. the vietnam war and there are some issues to become engaged in and started moving up the ladder and in turn that a local on news station and that is the end of the violin. >> and then he kept working at it and loved it? >> it was not quite that simple. it was in a day when they simply did not hire women for newsroom jobs in broadcasting. there were a few anchor women and whether women. not average general assignment reporters. i could go into advertising or promotion. i was accepted in the corporate management training program. i said hire me as a copy boy. which is what they called them. this was back in the days of fell and television. it was a very different era. they gave me the midnight to 8:00 shift. if i prove myself there, maybe -- i worked my way up to becoming a reporter. i'm sure there were far more barriers for you. barriers for you.
it was the height of the civil rights movement. the vietnam war and there are some issues to become engaged in and started moving up the ladder and in turn that a local on news station and that is the end of the violin. >> and then he kept working at it and loved it? >> it was not quite that simple. it was in a day when they simply did not hire women for newsroom jobs in broadcasting. there were a few anchor women and whether women. not average general assignment reporters. i could...
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one of the things that happened after the civil rights movement is we saw more and more of the institutions that were about political education, that were not just about pipelining black, particularly blooek leaders who were going to look at and develop an understand the policies that were necessary for the black community. in order for it to thrive. we have actually seen a demobilization of that infrastructure. so when we have this conversation like 30% of blaeks voting for strom thurmond, one of the things we have to think about is, we're responding to, this is the guy that made the phone call or wrote the letter that helped me out. it's a different kind of political education and engagement than saying -- what actually fixes some of the things that we need fixed in our community? how are we assessing our political leadership on that basis? that's something that's actually extremely important and we've been seeing less and less of it in many black communities. >> i want to agree with my friend, mayor reed. the republican party is a learning party and it knows it has to have elected offici
one of the things that happened after the civil rights movement is we saw more and more of the institutions that were about political education, that were not just about pipelining black, particularly blooek leaders who were going to look at and develop an understand the policies that were necessary for the black community. in order for it to thrive. we have actually seen a demobilization of that infrastructure. so when we have this conversation like 30% of blaeks voting for strom thurmond, one...
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we hear the confrontations of the civil rights movement and the life or death decisions being made during the cuban missile crisis. >> caroline kennedy joins in a discussion on the 1963 recordings of the late president in the oval office, as "book tv" continues through the holiday on c-span-2. >> as president obama begins his second term in office, what is the most important issue we should consider? >> tell us. make a short video about your message. >> it is c-span's student cam video competition. it is your chance to win the grand prize of $50,000. the deadline is january 18. for more information, go to studentcam.org. >> the first lady and two white house chefs recently held a demonstration with children in the state dining room. >> showing these flags. and all of the other ornaments on the tree here have been from previous years. we try to reuse them in a different format. the rest of the ornaments came from other trees in the white house. 60% of the ornaments are recycled from previous years. pardon me? >> [inaudible] >> all trees in the house. [inaudible conversations] ♪ [inaudibl
we hear the confrontations of the civil rights movement and the life or death decisions being made during the cuban missile crisis. >> caroline kennedy joins in a discussion on the 1963 recordings of the late president in the oval office, as "book tv" continues through the holiday on c-span-2. >> as president obama begins his second term in office, what is the most important issue we should consider? >> tell us. make a short video about your message. >> it is...
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the supreme court said the right to vote is preservative of basic civil and political rights and when that question was asked every supreme court nominee if they understood how important this one right was, and they testified that they did and we shouldn't forget it. a lot of organizations that puts statements in the record, leadership conference on human rights. and the leadership council and american civil liberties union, without objection, no objection, the hearing record will be held open for one week for additional statements, written questions may be sent your way to witnesses at the close of business one week from today, spent christmas eve and christmas day completing the questionnaire and get back to us. we will ask the witnesses to respond promptly so we complete the record in depth there are no further comments from the panel or colleagues i think the witnesses for attending and colleagues for participating. the hearing stands adjourned. [inaudible conversations] >> c-span spoke with two retiring lawmakers. congressman dan burton and senator kent conrad. mr. burton, an ind
the supreme court said the right to vote is preservative of basic civil and political rights and when that question was asked every supreme court nominee if they understood how important this one right was, and they testified that they did and we shouldn't forget it. a lot of organizations that puts statements in the record, leadership conference on human rights. and the leadership council and american civil liberties union, without objection, no objection, the hearing record will be held open...
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citi price rewind. start saving at citi.com/pricerewind. >> clayton: it is your shot of the morning. santa claus hit with a parking ticket. one los angeles parking enforcer bought himself a ticket to the naughty list. the man dressed as mr. clause tried to fight it for an expired meter. >> gretchen: can you imagine getting into it with santa claus. i don't want to pay that bill. >> clayton: there is no way to go back once you print it out. >> gretchen: we'll go from ho, ho, hompt disappearance of two friends baffling police searched by air and water. 21 year old wrackry and 20 yearose proscot were last seen in a house party on thursday. cops found no signs of disturbance of the home and there was no clues. lance armstrong might find himself on the hook for 1.5 million. disgraced sicklist sued the britain sunday times that it took performing enhancing drugs. he received a settlement . now that the u.s. anti-doping agency concluded that he lead a massive cheating program, the paper wants its money back an
citi price rewind. start saving at citi.com/pricerewind. >> clayton: it is your shot of the morning. santa claus hit with a parking ticket. one los angeles parking enforcer bought himself a ticket to the naughty list. the man dressed as mr. clause tried to fight it for an expired meter. >> gretchen: can you imagine getting into it with santa claus. i don't want to pay that bill. >> clayton: there is no way to go back once you print it out. >> gretchen: we'll go from ho,...
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he largely created the new york city we now know, certainly the point of view. it inspired me because i have always looked up to people who sea change taking place and look at that as an opportunity instead of a threat. a couple of years before he died, i went to see him. he died about five years ago. he was at berkeley and at the time in his late 70's. he was running the graduates' magazine program at uc. he had serious cancer. it was very hard to understand him. he was still so excited about the student projects. he spent the entire morning taking me through these magazines his graduate students had created. he was an optimist and passionate about his work right to the end. it was also very instructive to recognize it is not work if you love what you do. >> let me follow-up on that. you have spoken about how you have never taken the easy path. you are drawn to where the heat is. that takes a tremendous amount of courage. why are you drawn to that? >> i do not know the answer completely except that i grew up as the oldest daughter and oldest granddaughter in a
he largely created the new york city we now know, certainly the point of view. it inspired me because i have always looked up to people who sea change taking place and look at that as an opportunity instead of a threat. a couple of years before he died, i went to see him. he died about five years ago. he was at berkeley and at the time in his late 70's. he was running the graduates' magazine program at uc. he had serious cancer. it was very hard to understand him. he was still so excited about...